ANZSCO 263211

ICT Quality Assurance Engineers

Overview

EMPLOYED

1,000

PART-TIME SHARE

13%

FEMALE SHARE

43%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

N/A

MEDIAN AGE

39

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

N/A

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Summary

ICT Quality Assurance Engineers create, maintain and manage technical quality assurance processes and procedures to assess efficiency, validity, value and functional performance of computer systems and environments, and audit systems to ensure compliance with, and adherence to, accredited internal and external industry quality standards and regulations. They may supervise the work of ICT quality assurance teams.

Tasks

  • Schedules and conducts quality audit inspections, and analyses and reviews systems, data and documentation
  • Identifies variations and potential high risk areas in securing adherence to standards and procedures
  • Recommends corrective action plans and improvements in the resolution of non-compliance with standards detected through monitoring and auditing of processes and procedures
  • Communicates, educates and liaises with users and management to ensure awareness and adherence to standards, procedures and quality control issues and activities

ANZSCO Classification

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    Hours worked

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: those who were classified as "Employed, away from work" at the time of the 2021 Census (accounting for approx. 8% of total employment), have been excluded from the "Average full-time hours worked per week" denominator.
    Hours worked ICT Quality Assurance Engineers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 87% 64%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 41 hours 44 hours

    Industries

    ICT Quality Assurance Engineers work in industries like:

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    36.1%

    Victoria

    36.7%

    Queensland

    12.6%

    South Australia

    4.1%

    Tasmania

    1.0%

    Northern Territory

    0.3%

    Australian Capital Territory

    4.8%

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age and Gender ICT Quality Assurance Engineers All Occupations
    Median age 39 years 40 years
    Female share of employment 43% 49%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations ICT Quality Assurance Engineers
    15–19 5.2 0.0
    20–24 9.1 3.9
    25–34 22.7 26.2
    35–44 22.3 37.3
    45–54 20.4 19.2
    55–59 8.8 7.1
    60–64 6.5 3.8
    65 and Over 4.9 2.0

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence. Highest qualification completed by workers in this job (in any field of study).
    Qualifications needed by new workers might be different from the qualifications of workers already in the job.
    Note: the sum of the educational attainment categories may not add up to 100% due to the exclusion of non-descriptive categories such as not stated responses.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations ICT Quality Assurance Engineers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 32.3
    Bachelor degree 23.2 46.4
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 7.7
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 5.3
    Year 12 15.9 5.4
    Year 11 4.0 0.3
    Year 10 and below 9.7 0.3
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.